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clerical
(redirected from clericalism)

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clerical adjective accessory, ad administrationem pertimens, administrating, administrative, assistant, attendant, attending, auxiliary, ex officio, helping, intermediary
Associated concepts: clerical acts, clerical duties, clerical errors, clerical mistakes, clerical omissions


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A Christianity given over to stereotyped rhetoric," Berdyaev writes in his book on Dostoevsky, "formal and spiritless in its rites, debased by clericalism or laicizing, cannot be a life-giving force.
Under each of them he then squeezes a pet theory of his own, respectively priesthood and clericalism (Mahoney), ecumenism (Murphy-O'Connor), liberation theology (Madariaga); local theologies in Africa (Arinze) and syncretism in Asia (Darmaetmadja).
Women appear as major, determining forces in their husbands' clericalism and conservatism and are also blamed for raising non-reformist students.
 
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